CH 17 - Carboxylic Acids

IUPAC:

-oic acid suffix

carboxylic acids are very strong

hydrogen bond donors and acceptors

carboxylic acids form

hydrogen pairs in solution and the solid state

carboxylic acids - hydrogen bonding results in

high boiling points

water soluble for

carboxylic acids <6 carbon the

the carboxylic acid OH group is significantly more

acidic than an alcohol OH

tollens and pinnick do not oxidize

alcohols (only aldehydes) ca

carboxylic acids are less reactive than

aldehydes and ketones

LiAlH4 will reduce a carboxylic acid to

an alcohol

NaBH4 does not react with

carboxylic acids

fisher esterification

alcohol and carboxylic acid (acid) create ester

SOCl2

turns OH (alcohol) into Cl

carboxylic acids with a carbonyl on the B-carbon will undergo

decarboxylation (loss of CO2) under mild heating